It's just fine for Police to run into and kill innocent bystanders in LA

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Police Officer Will Not Be Charged For Killing Napster Exec While Texting-While-Driving — Because It's Apparently Okay For Police To Do That

By JIM EDWARDS

Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Andrew Wood will not be charged for fatally running over former Napster COO Milton Olin Jr. in his patrol car while the officer was typing a message into his computer.
We first saw the news on Valleywag but there is good coverage in the Daily News and LAist, too.

The instance exposes the different way that law enforcement officials are treated versus civilians in cases where a person is killed due to texting-while-driving.

It's illegal to text and drive in California; the state has a specific law against it. Civilians caught doing it can expect to face charges. But a report from the Los Angeles District Attorney's office shows that the rules may be applied differently to cops.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/police-officer-will-not-be-charged-in-killing-of-napster-executive-2014-8

[Downwinder]

1. Thought emergency vehicles were exempt from the law only while they

were operating under emergency conditions with lights and siren and even then they are operating at their own risk.